{"id":3185,"date":"2022-03-19T17:12:43","date_gmt":"2022-03-19T22:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/?p=3185"},"modified":"2022-06-18T12:57:33","modified_gmt":"2022-06-18T17:57:33","slug":"death-poems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2022\/03\/19\/death-poems\/","title":{"rendered":"Death Poems"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2022\/03\/funeralpersianmin.jpeg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3186\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2022\/03\/19\/death-poems\/funeralpersianmin\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2022\/03\/funeralpersianmin.jpeg?fit=1394%2C1600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1394,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"funeralpersianmin\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2022\/03\/funeralpersianmin.jpeg?fit=584%2C670&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3186\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2022\/03\/funeralpersianmin-892x1024.jpeg?resize=584%2C670\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2022\/03\/funeralpersianmin.jpeg?resize=892%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 892w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2022\/03\/funeralpersianmin.jpeg?resize=261%2C300&amp;ssl=1 261w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2022\/03\/funeralpersianmin.jpeg?resize=768%2C881&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2022\/03\/funeralpersianmin.jpeg?w=1394&amp;ssl=1 1394w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2022\/03\/funeralpersianmin.jpeg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/h6>\n<h6><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>M\u012br Dard<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n<p>Translation:<\/p>\n<h6><strong>My friends, we have seen enough of this play<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6>We are going home, you can stay<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Original:<\/p>\n<p>\u062f\u0648\u0633\u062a\u0648\u060c \u062f\u06cc\u06a9\u0647\u0627 \u062a\u0645\u0627\u0634\u0627 \u06cc\u0627\u06ba \u06a9\u0627 \u0628\u0633<br \/>\n\u062a\u064f\u0645 \u0631\u06c1\u0648 \u062e\u0648\u0634 \u06c1\u0645 \u062a\u0648 \u0627\u067e\u0646\u06d2 \u06af\u06be\u0631 \u0686\u0644\u06d2<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(From:\u00a0https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Khwaja_Mir_Dard)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Kozan Ichikyo<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2022\/03\/japanesedeathpoem.jpeg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3193\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2022\/03\/19\/death-poems\/japanesedeathpoem\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2022\/03\/japanesedeathpoem.jpeg?fit=300%2C427&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,427\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"japanesedeathpoem\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2022\/03\/japanesedeathpoem.jpeg?fit=300%2C427&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3193\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2022\/03\/japanesedeathpoem-211x300.jpeg?resize=211%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2022\/03\/japanesedeathpoem.jpeg?resize=211%2C300&amp;ssl=1 211w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2022\/03\/japanesedeathpoem.jpeg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Translation:<\/p>\n<h6>Empty-handed I entered this world<\/h6>\n<h6>Barefoot I leave it<\/h6>\n<h6>My coming and my going<\/h6>\n<h6>two simple happenings<\/h6>\n<h6>that got entangled<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Original:<\/p>\n<p><span title=\"Japanese-language text\"><span lang=\"ja\">\u6765\u6642\u306f\u7a7a\u624b\u3001\u53bb\u6642\u306f\u8d64\u811a\u3002\u4e00\u53bb\u4e00\u6765\u3001\u5358\u91cd\u4ea4\u6298<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span title=\"Japanese-language romanization\"><i><i>Raiji wa karate kyoji wa sekkyaku ikkyoichirai tanjuu sekkou<\/i><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(From:\u00a0https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Death_poem)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2022\/03\/funeralpersian.jpeg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3187\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2022\/03\/19\/death-poems\/funeralpersian\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2022\/03\/funeralpersian.jpeg?fit=1028%2C1600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1028,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"funeralpersian\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2022\/03\/funeralpersian.jpeg?fit=584%2C909&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3187 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2022\/03\/funeralpersian-658x1024.jpeg?resize=584%2C909\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"909\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2022\/03\/funeralpersian.jpeg?resize=658%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 658w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2022\/03\/funeralpersian.jpeg?resize=193%2C300&amp;ssl=1 193w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2022\/03\/funeralpersian.jpeg?resize=768%2C1195&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2022\/03\/funeralpersian.jpeg?w=1028&amp;ssl=1 1028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>M\u012brz\u0101 &#8216;abd al-Q\u0101dir B\u012bdil<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Translation:<\/p>\n<h6>A mere waking between two slumbers, we are<\/h6>\n<h6>The dust of dreams between mirages we are<\/h6>\n<h6>From the crash of two waves, a bubble emerges<\/h6>\n<h6>That is, a talisman written on water we are<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Original:<\/p>\n<h6>\u0628\u06cc\u062f\u0627\u0631\u0626 \u0645\u06cc\u0627\u0646 \u062f\u0648 \u062e\u0648\u0627\u0628 \u0627\u0633\u062a \u0647\u0633\u062a\u06cc\u0645<\/h6>\n<h6>\u06af\u0631\u062f \u062a\u062e\u06cc\u0644 \u062f\u0648 \u0633\u0631\u0627\u0628 \u0627\u0633\u062a \u0647\u0633\u062a\u06cc\u0645<\/h6>\n<h6>\u0627\u0632 \u0644\u0637\u0645\u0647\u0654 \u062f\u0648 \u0645\u0648\u062c \u062d\u0628\u0627\u0628\u06cc \u062f\u0645\u06cc\u062f\u0647 \u0627\u0633\u062a<\/h6>\n<h6>\u06cc\u0639\u0646\u06cc \u0637\u0644\u0633\u0645 \u0646\u0642\u0634 \u0628\u0631 \u0622\u0628\u0633\u062a \u0647\u0633\u062a\u06cc\u0645<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Ibn al-\u1e24add\u0101d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Translation:<\/p>\n<h6>People are like bubbles<\/h6>\n<h6>Time, depths beyond sounding<\/h6>\n<h6>One world floats in foam<\/h6>\n<h6>One world&#8217;s light is drowning<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Original:<\/p>\n<h6>\u0627\u0644\u0646\u0627\u0633 \u0645\u062b\u0644 \u062d\u0628\u0627\u0628\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u0648\u0627\u0644\u062f\u0647\u0631 \u0644\u062c\u0651\u0629 \u0645\u0627\u0621<\/h6>\n<h6>\u0641\u0639\u0627\u0644\u064e\u0645\u064c\u00a0 \u0641\u064a \u0637\u0641\u064f\u0648\u0651\u064b\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u0648\u0639\u0627\u0644\u064e\u0645\u064c\u00a0 \u0641\u064a \u0622\u0646\u0637\u0641\u0627\u0621<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(see\u00a0https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/ClassyArabic\/status\/1481605037646561284 for an alternate translation)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>M\u012br Taq\u012b M\u012br<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ck3soUkWZAA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>My life is like a bubble<\/h6>\n<h6>This world is like a mirage<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Original:<\/p>\n<h6>\u06c1\u0633\u062a\u06cc \u0627\u067e\u0646\u06cc \u062d\u0628\u0627\u0628 \u06a9\u06cc \u0633\u06cc \u06c1\u06d2<\/h6>\n<h6>\u06cc\u06c1 \u0646\u0645\u0627\u0626\u0634 \u0633\u0631\u0627\u0628 \u06a9\u06cc \u0633\u06cc \u06c1\u06d2<\/h6>\n<h6><i>Hasti apni habab ki si hai<br \/>\nYeh numaish ik saraab ki si hai<\/i><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Gerard Manley Hopkins: Spring and Fall<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/syXkF8wsn90?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<h6><strong>M\u00e1rgar\u00e9t, \u00e1re you gr\u00edeving<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6><strong>Over Goldengrove unleaving?<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6><strong>Le\u00e1ves like the things of man, you<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6><strong>With your fresh thoughts care for, can you?<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6><strong>Ah! \u00e1s the heart grows older<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6><strong>It will come to such sights colder<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6><strong>By and by, nor spare a sigh<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6><strong>Though worlds of wanwood leafmeal lie;<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6><strong>And yet you w\u00edll weep and know why.<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6><strong>Now no matter, child, the name:<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6><strong>S\u00f3rrow\u2019s spr\u00edngs \u00e1re the same.<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6><strong>Nor mouth had, no nor mind, expressed<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6><strong>What heart heard of, ghost guessed:<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6><strong>It \u00eds the blight man was born for,<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6><strong>It is Margaret you mourn for.<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>(From:\u00a0https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poems\/44400\/spring-and-fall)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Hafez<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7bIudGN9Dgk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Translation:<\/p>\n<h6>Where&#8217;s the good news of union that from this life I rise?<\/h6>\n<h6>I am a holy bird, from this world&#8217;s net I arise<\/h6>\n<h6>And I swear by your love, that if you call me your slave<\/h6>\n<h6>that up from the world&#8217;s sovereignty and rank I will arise<\/h6>\n<h6>O Lord, from the cloud of your guidance, let rain fall<\/h6>\n<h6>Before the time when, from the midst, dust-like I will arise<\/h6>\n<h6>Sit beside my grave with a musician and with wine<\/h6>\n<h6>So that with your scent dancing from the tomb I will arise<\/h6>\n<h6>Rise and show your stature, O idol of sweet moves<\/h6>\n<h6>So that from this life and world, dancing I arise<\/h6>\n<h6>Although I&#8217;m old, hold me tight in your arms for one night<\/h6>\n<h6>So that at morning light, young, from your embrace I&#8217;ll arise<\/h6>\n<h6>On the day of my death, take a break to visit me<\/h6>\n<h6>So that Hafez, from this life and this world, will arise<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Original:<\/p>\n<h6>\u0645\u0698\u062f\u0647 \u0648\u0635\u0644 \u062a\u0648 \u06a9\u0648 \u06a9\u0632 \u0633\u0631 \u062c\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u0631\u062e\u06cc\u0632\u0645<\/h6>\n<h6>\u0637\u0627\u06cc\u0631 \u0642\u062f\u0633\u0645 \u0648 \u0627\u0632 \u062f\u0627\u0645 \u062c\u0647\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u0631\u062e\u06cc\u0632\u0645<\/h6>\n<h6>\u0628\u0647 \u0648\u0644\u0627\u06cc \u062a\u0648 \u06a9\u0647 \u06af\u0631 \u0628\u0646\u062f\u0647 \u062e\u0648\u06cc\u0634\u0645 \u062e\u0648\u0627\u0646\u06cc<\/h6>\n<h6>\u0627\u0632 \u0633\u0631 \u062e\u0648\u0627\u062c\u06af\u06cc \u06a9\u0648\u0646 \u0648 \u0645\u06a9\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u0631\u062e\u06cc\u0632\u0645<\/h6>\n<h6>\u06cc\u0627 \u0631\u0628 \u0627\u0632 \u0627\u0628\u0631 \u0647\u062f\u0627\u06cc\u062a \u0628\u0631\u0633\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u0627\u0631\u0627\u0646\u06cc<\/h6>\n<h6>\u067e\u06cc\u0634\u062a\u0631 \u0632\u0627\u0646 \u06a9\u0647 \u0686\u0648 \u06af\u0631\u062f\u06cc \u0632 \u0645\u06cc\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u0631\u062e\u06cc\u0632\u0645<\/h6>\n<h6>\u0628\u0631 \u0633\u0631 \u062a\u0631\u0628\u062a \u0645\u0646 \u0628\u0627 \u0645\u06cc \u0648 \u0645\u0637\u0631\u0628 \u0628\u0646\u0634\u06cc\u0646<\/h6>\n<h6>\u062a\u0627 \u0628\u0647 \u0628\u0648\u06cc\u062a \u0632 \u0644\u062d\u062f \u0631\u0642\u0635 \u06a9\u0646\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u0631\u062e\u06cc\u0632\u0645<\/h6>\n<h6>\u062e\u06cc\u0632 \u0648 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0627 \u0628\u0646\u0645\u0627 \u0627\u06cc \u0628\u062a \u0634\u06cc\u0631\u06cc\u0646 \u062d\u0631\u06a9\u0627\u062a<\/h6>\n<h6>\u06a9\u0632 \u0633\u0631 \u062c\u0627\u0646 \u0648 \u062c\u0647\u0627\u0646 \u062f\u0633\u062a \u0641\u0634\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u0631\u062e\u06cc\u0632\u0645<\/h6>\n<h6>\u06af\u0631 \u0686\u0647 \u067e\u06cc\u0631\u0645 \u062a\u0648 \u0634\u0628\u06cc \u062a\u0646\u06af \u062f\u0631 \u0622\u063a\u0648\u0634\u0645 \u06a9\u0634<\/h6>\n<h6>\u062a\u0627 \u0633\u062d\u0631\u06af\u0647 \u0632 \u06a9\u0646\u0627\u0631 \u062a\u0648 \u062c\u0648\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u0631\u062e\u06cc\u0632\u0645<\/h6>\n<h6>\u0631\u0648\u0632 \u0645\u0631\u06af\u0645 \u0646\u0641\u0633\u06cc \u0645\u0647\u0644\u062a \u062f\u06cc\u062f\u0627\u0631 \u0628\u062f\u0647<\/h6>\n<h6>\u062a\u0627 \u0686\u0648 \u062d\u0627\u0641\u0638 \u0632 \u0633\u0631 \u062c\u0627\u0646 \u0648 \u062c\u0647\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u0631\u062e\u06cc\u0632\u0645<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2016\/03\/young_lovers.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2491\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2016\/03\/06\/i-carry-your-heart\/young_lovers-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2016\/03\/young_lovers.jpg?fit=300%2C410&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,410\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"young_lovers\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2016\/03\/young_lovers.jpg?fit=300%2C410&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2491\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2016\/03\/young_lovers-220x300.jpg?resize=220%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2016\/03\/young_lovers.jpg?resize=220%2C300&amp;ssl=1 220w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2016\/03\/young_lovers.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Moriya Sen&#8217;an<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Translation:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bury me when I die<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>beneath a wine barrel<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>in a tavern.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>With luck,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>the cask will leak.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Original:<\/p>\n<h6><span title=\"Japanese-language text\"><span lang=\"ja\">\u6211\u6b7b\u306a\u3070<br \/>\n\u9152\u5c4b\u306e\u74f6\u306e\u4e0b\u306b\u3044\u3051\u3088<br \/>\n\u3082\u3057\u3084\u96eb\u306e<br \/>\n\u3082\u308a\u3084\u305b\u3093\u306a\u3093<\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6><span title=\"Japanese-language romanization\"><i><i>Ware shinaba<\/i><br \/>\n<i>sakaya no kame no<\/i><br \/>\n<i>shita ni ikeyo<\/i><br \/>\n<i>moshi ya shizuku no<\/i><br \/>\n<i>mori ya sen nan<\/i><\/i><\/span><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>(note the pun on the poet&#8217;s name &#8220;Moriya Sen&#8217;an&#8221; and the last line:<\/h6>\n<h6>&#8220;with luck the cask will leak&#8221;\u2014&#8221;<em>mori ya sen nan&#8221;<\/em>)<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Hafez<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gQlZ96KF-sc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Translation:<\/p>\n<h6>One whose heart has been revived by love can never die<\/h6>\n<h6>Our everlastingness is engraved upon the cosmic scroll<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Original:<\/p>\n<p>\u0647\u0631\u06af\u0632 \u0646\u0645\u06cc\u0631\u062f \u0627\u0653\u0646 \u06a9\u0647 \u062f\u0644\u0634 \u0632\u0646\u062f\u0647 \u0634\u062f \u0628\u0647 \u0639\u0634\u0642\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u062b\u0628\u062a \u0627\u0633\u062a \u0628\u0631 \u062c\u0631\u06cc\u062f\u0647 \u0639\u0627\u0644\u0645 \u062f\u0648\u0627\u0645 \u0645\u0627<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CStetjr-V_M?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Translation:<\/p>\n<h6>When I am dead, open my grave and see<br \/>\nThe cloud of smoke that rises round thy feet:<br \/>\nIn my dead heart the fire still burns for thee;<br \/>\nYea, the smoke rises from my winding-sheet!<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Original:<\/p>\n<p>\u0628\u06af\u0634\u0627\u06cc \u062a\u0631\u0628\u062a\u0645 \u0631\u0627 \u0628\u0639\u062f \u0627\u0632 \u0648\u0641\u0627\u062a \u0648 \u0628\u0646\u06af\u0631<\/p>\n<p>\u06a9\u0632 \u0622\u062a\u0634 \u062f\u0631\u0648\u0646\u0645 \u062f\u0648\u062f \u0627\u0632 \u06a9\u0641\u0646 \u0628\u0631\u0622\u06cc\u062f<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Translation: Gertrude Bell<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Me<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h6><em>Lips scalded by love\u2019s tongues of flame<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em>Can never taste death\u2019s bitter pain<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Emily Dickinson<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h6>Unable are the Loved to die<\/h6>\n<h6>For Love is Immortality<\/h6>\n<h6>Nay, it is Deity\u2014<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>Unable they that love\u2014to die<\/h6>\n<h6>For Love reforms Vitality<\/h6>\n<h6>Into Divinity<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Macedonio Fern\u00e1ndez-<em>Cre\u00edyo Yo<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Translation:<\/p>\n<p>Love&#8217;s reach does not to everything extend, for<br \/>\nit cannot shake or break the stab of Death.<br \/>\nYet little can Death take<br \/>\nif in a loving heart the fear of it subsides.<br \/>\nNor can Death much take at all, for it cannot<br \/>\ndrive its fear into the heart where Love resides.<br \/>\nThat if Death rule over Life, Love over Death.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Original:<\/p>\n<p>No a todo alcanza Amor, pues que no puede<br \/>\nromper el gajo con que Muerte toca.<br \/>\nMas poco Muerte logra<br \/>\nsi en coraz\u00f3n de Amor su miedo muere.<br \/>\nMas poco Muerte logra, pues no puede<br \/>\nentrar su miedo en pecho donde Amor.<br \/>\nQue Muerte rige a Vida; Amor a Muerte.<\/p>\n<p>(From:\u00a0https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cre%C3%ADa_yo)<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metmuseum.org\/toah\/images\/hb\/hb_63.210.35.jpg?w=584&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Rumi<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Translation:<\/p>\n<h6>When my bier moveth on the day of death<\/h6>\n<h6>Think not my heart is in this world.<\/h6>\n<h6>Do not weep for me and cry \u201cwoe, woe!\u201d<\/h6>\n<h6>Thou wilt fall in the devil\u2019s snare: that is woe<\/h6>\n<h6>When thou seest my hearse, cry not, \u201cgone, gone!\u201d<\/h6>\n<h6>Union and meeting are mine in that hour<\/h6>\n<h6>If thou commit me to the grave, say not \u201cFarewell, farewell\u201d<\/h6>\n<h6>For the grave is a curtain hiding the communion of paradise<\/h6>\n<h6>After beholding descent, consider resurrection<\/h6>\n<h6>Why should setting be injurious to the sun and moon?<\/h6>\n<h6>To thee it seems a setting, but \u2019tis a rising\u2019<\/h6>\n<h6>Tho\u2019 the vault seems a prison, \u2019tis the release of a soul<\/h6>\n<h6>What seed went down into the earth but it grew?<\/h6>\n<h6>Why this doubt of thine as regards the seed of man?<\/h6>\n<h6>What bucket was lowered but it came out brimful?<\/h6>\n<h6>Why should the Joseph of the Spirit complain of the well?<\/h6>\n<h6>Shut thy mouth on this side, and open it beyond<\/h6>\n<h6>For in placeless air will by thy triumphal song.<\/h6>\n<p>(From R.A. Nicholson,\u00a0<em>Selected Poems form the Divani Shamsi Tabriz,\u00a0<\/em>p. 94-96)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Original:<\/p>\n<h6>\u0628\u0647 \u0631\u0648\u0632 \u0645\u0631\u06af \u0686\u0648 \u062a\u0627\u0628\u0648\u062a \u0645\u0646 \u0631\u0648\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u0627\u0634\u062f<\/h6>\n<h6>\u06af\u0645\u0627\u0646 \u0645\u0628\u0631 \u06a9\u0647 \u0645\u0631\u0627 \u062f\u0631\u062f \u0627\u06cc\u0646 \u062c\u0647\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u0627\u0634\u062f<\/h6>\n<h6>\u0628\u0631\u0627\u06cc \u0645\u0646 \u0645\u06af\u0631\u06cc \u0648 \u0645\u06af\u0648 \u062f\u0631\u06cc\u063a \u062f\u0631\u06cc\u063a<\/h6>\n<h6>\u0628\u0647 \u062f\u0648\u063a \u062f\u06cc\u0648 \u062f\u0631\u0627\u0641\u062a\u06cc \u062f\u0631\u06cc\u063a \u0622\u0646 \u0628\u0627\u0634\u062f<\/h6>\n<h6>\u062c\u0646\u0627\u0632\u0647\u200c\u0627\u0645 \u0686\u0648 \u0628\u0628\u06cc\u0646\u06cc \u0645\u06af\u0648 \u0641\u0631\u0627\u0642 \u0641\u0631\u0627\u0642<\/h6>\n<h6>\u0645\u0631\u0627 \u0648\u0635\u0627\u0644 \u0648 \u0645\u0644\u0627\u0642\u0627\u062a \u0622\u0646 \u0632\u0645\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u0627\u0634\u062f<\/h6>\n<h6>\u0645\u0631\u0627 \u0628\u0647 \u06af\u0648\u0631 \u0633\u067e\u0627\u0631\u06cc \u0645\u06af\u0648 \u0648\u062f\u0627\u0639 \u0648\u062f\u0627\u0639<\/h6>\n<h6>\u06a9\u0647 \u06af\u0648\u0631 \u067e\u0631\u062f\u0647 \u062c\u0645\u0639\u06cc\u062a \u062c\u0646\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u0627\u0634\u062f<\/h6>\n<h6>\u0641\u0631\u0648\u0634\u062f\u0646 \u0686\u0648 \u0628\u062f\u06cc\u062f\u06cc \u0628\u0631\u0622\u0645\u062f\u0646 \u0628\u0646\u06af\u0631<\/h6>\n<h6>\u063a\u0631\u0648\u0628 \u0634\u0645\u0633 \u0648 \u0642\u0645\u0631 \u0631\u0627 \u0686\u0631\u0627 \u0632\u0628\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u0627\u0634\u062f<\/h6>\n<h6>\u062a\u0648 \u0631\u0627 \u063a\u0631\u0648\u0628 \u0646\u0645\u0627\u06cc\u062f \u0648\u0644\u06cc \u0634\u0631\u0648\u0642 \u0628\u0648\u062f<\/h6>\n<h6>\u0644\u062d\u062f \u0686\u0648 \u062d\u0628\u0633 \u0646\u0645\u0627\u06cc\u062f \u062e\u0644\u0627\u0635 \u062c\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u0627\u0634\u062f<\/h6>\n<h6>\u06a9\u062f\u0627\u0645 \u062f\u0627\u0646\u0647 \u0641\u0631\u0648\u0631\u0641\u062a \u062f\u0631 \u0632\u0645\u06cc\u0646 \u06a9\u0647 \u0646\u0631\u0633\u062a<\/h6>\n<h6>\u0686\u0631\u0627 \u0628\u0647 \u062f\u0627\u0646\u0647 \u0627\u0646\u0633\u0627\u0646\u062a \u0627\u06cc\u0646 \u06af\u0645\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u0627\u0634\u062f<\/h6>\n<h6>\u06a9\u062f\u0627\u0645 \u062f\u0644\u0648 \u0641\u0631\u0648\u0631\u0641\u062a \u0648 \u067e\u0631 \u0628\u0631\u0648\u0646 \u0646\u0627\u0645\u062f<\/h6>\n<h6>\u0632 \u0686\u0627\u0647 \u06cc\u0648\u0633\u0641 \u062c\u0627\u0646 \u0631\u0627 \u0686\u0631\u0627 \u0641\u063a\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u0627\u0634\u062f<\/h6>\n<h6>\u062f\u0647\u0627\u0646 \u0686\u0648 \u0628\u0633\u062a\u06cc \u0627\u0632 \u0627\u06cc\u0646 \u0633\u0648\u06cc \u0622\u0646 \u0637\u0631\u0641 \u0628\u06af\u0634\u0627<\/h6>\n<h6>\u06a9\u0647 \u0647\u0627\u06cc \u0647\u0648\u06cc \u062a\u0648 \u062f\u0631 \u062c\u0648 \u0644\u0627\u0645\u06a9\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u0627\u0634\u062f<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Clare Harner<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h6><span class=\"mw-poem-indented\">Do not stand<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"mw-poem-indented\">By my grave, and weep.<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"mw-poem-indented\">I am not there,<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"mw-poem-indented\">I do not sleep\u2014<\/span><br \/>\nI am the thousand winds that blow<br \/>\nI am the diamond glints in snow<br \/>\nI am the sunlight on ripened grain,<br \/>\nI am the gentle, autumn rain.<br \/>\nAs you awake with morning\u2019s hush,<br \/>\nI am the swift, up-flinging rush<br \/>\nOf quiet birds in circling flight,<br \/>\nI am the day transcending night.<br \/>\n<span class=\"mw-poem-indented\">Do not stand<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"mw-poem-indented\">By my grave, and cry\u2014<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"mw-poem-indented\">I am not there,<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"mw-poem-indented\">I did not die.<\/span><\/h6>\n<p>(From:\u00a0https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Do_Not_Stand_at_My_Grave_and_Weep)<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.pinimg.com\/originals\/6d\/d8\/ea\/6dd8ea3300e30a22fb1fab2ba101c4b6.jpg?w=584&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>al-Ghazali<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rraTG4RoGeQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Translation:<\/p>\n<h6>Say unto brethren when they see me dead,<br \/>\nAnd weep for me, lamenting me in sadness:<br \/>\n\u201cThink ye I am this corpse ye are to bury?<br \/>\nI swear by God, this dead one is not I.<br \/>\nI in the Spirit am, and this my body<br \/>\nMy dwelling was, my garment for a time.<br \/>\nI am a treasure: hidden I was beneath<br \/>\nThis talisman of dust, wherein I suffered.<br \/>\nI am a pearl; a shell imprisoned me,<br \/>\nBut leaving it, all trials I have left.<br \/>\nI am a bird, and this was once my cage;<br \/>\nBut I have flown, leaving it as a token.<br \/>\nI praise God who hath set me free,<br \/>\nand made For me a dwelling in the heavenly heights.<br \/>\nEre now I was a dead man in your midst,<br \/>\nBut I have come to life, and doffed my shroud.\u201d<\/h6>\n<p>(Translation by Martin Lings)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Original:<\/p>\n<p>\u0642\u0644 \u0644\u0625\u062e\u0648\u0627\u0646 \u0631\u0623\u0648\u0646\u064a \u0645\u064a\u062a\u0627\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u0641\u0628\u0643\u0648\u0646\u064a \u0648\u0631\u062b\u0648\u0646\u064a \u062d\u0632\u0646\u0627<br \/>\n\u0623\u062a\u0638\u0646\u0648\u0646 \u0628\u0623\u0646\u064a \u0645\u064a\u062a\u0643\u0645\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u0644\u064a\u0633 \u0647\u0630\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u064a\u062a \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0623\u0646\u0627<br \/>\n\u0623\u0646\u0627 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0635\u0648\u0631 \u0648\u0647\u0630\u0627 \u062c\u0633\u062f\u064a\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u0643\u0627\u0646 \u0644\u0628\u0627\u0633\u064a \u0648\u0642\u0645\u064a\u0635\u064a \u0632\u0645\u0646\u0627<br \/>\n\u0623\u0646\u0627 \u062f\u0631 \u0642\u062f \u062d\u0648\u0627\u0646\u064a \u0635\u062f\u0641\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u0637\u0631\u062a \u0639\u0646\u0647 \u0648\u0628\u0642\u0649 \u0645\u0631\u062a\u0647\u0646\u0627<br 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data-attachment-id=\"3188\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2022\/03\/19\/death-poems\/majnun-dies-on-layla-s-grave\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2022\/03\/Majnun-Dies-on-Layla-s-Grave.jpeg?fit=416%2C745&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"416,745\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Majnun-Dies-on-Layla-s-Grave\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2022\/03\/Majnun-Dies-on-Layla-s-Grave.jpeg?fit=416%2C745&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3188 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2022\/03\/Majnun-Dies-on-Layla-s-Grave.jpeg?resize=416%2C745\" alt=\"\" width=\"416\" height=\"745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2022\/03\/Majnun-Dies-on-Layla-s-Grave.jpeg?w=416&amp;ssl=1 416w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2022\/03\/Majnun-Dies-on-Layla-s-Grave.jpeg?resize=168%2C300&amp;ssl=1 168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 416px) 100vw, 416px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Zheng Ting<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Translation:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Illusion appears, illusion ceases<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>The biggest illusion among all is our body<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Once a pacified heart finds its place<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>There\u2019s no such body to look for<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Original:<\/p>\n<h6><span title=\"Chinese-language text\"><span lang=\"zh-Hant\">\u5e7b\u751f\u9084\u5e7b\u6ec5<br \/>\n\u5927\u5e7b\u83ab\u904e\u8eab<br \/>\n\u5b89\u5fc3\u81ea\u6709\u8655<br \/>\n\u6c42\u4eba\u7121\u6709\u4eba<\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">John Donne-&#8220;Death, Be Not Proud&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-A8mojwHjzU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<div>Death, be not proud, though some have called thee<\/div>\n<div>Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;<\/div>\n<div>For those whom thou think&#8217;st thou dost overthrow<\/div>\n<div>Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me.<\/div>\n<div>From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be,<\/div>\n<div>Much pleasure; then from thee much more must flow,<\/div>\n<div>And soonest our best men with thee do go,<\/div>\n<div>Rest of their bones, and soul&#8217;s delivery.<\/div>\n<div>Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men,<\/div>\n<div>And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell,<\/div>\n<div>And poppy or charms can make us sleep as well<\/div>\n<div>And better than thy stroke; why swell&#8217;st thou then?<\/div>\n<div>One short sleep past, we wake eternally<\/div>\n<div>And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>M\u012br Dard Translation: My friends, we have seen enough of this play We are going home, you can stay &nbsp; Original: \u062f\u0648\u0633\u062a\u0648\u060c \u062f\u06cc\u06a9\u0647\u0627 \u062a\u0645\u0627\u0634\u0627 \u06cc\u0627\u06ba \u06a9\u0627 \u0628\u0633 \u062a\u064f\u0645 \u0631\u06c1\u0648 \u062e\u0648\u0634 \u06c1\u0645 \u062a\u0648 \u0627\u067e\u0646\u06d2 \u06af\u06be\u0631 \u0686\u0644\u06d2 &nbsp; (From:\u00a0https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Khwaja_Mir_Dard) &nbsp; Kozan Ichikyo &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2022\/03\/19\/death-poems\/\">Continue reading <span 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